great combinations of tone

[dragonzmad]

I am mainly a church gospel bassist (R&B, soul, blues, jazz type genres) and I was curious what combinations people love.

One combination that i like the most is the mtD and david eden combo. a michael tobias bass with eden head and 10in speakers either 4, 6, or 8 of them.

Another combination I see in mexican churches is the Ken Smith and SWR combination. SWR head and usually played through 10s. The SWR 10s can handle very deep frequencies (goliath 6x10). I like SWR stuff but for its clarity but it isn't very warm and my bass isn't warm either. MAybe if I got a ken smith or something made of mahogany then I will like the warmth of the bass combined with the clarity definition and punch(great for slap) of swr

Any other combinations people like? I definitely love eden and love tobias.

[kilian]

Lately I've played my Peavey mark IV over an ampeg classic 210.. And that sounded pretty good :amaze:

[Led_Zeppelin678]

Warwick + Ampeg
Rickenbacker + Tube Amp

[Cil]

Mesa+Schroeder FTW.

[Chris K]

Kubicki+Hartke-Sounds amazingly bright and punchy, couple with some aluminium cones for tonal heaven.

Also, Kubicki's running through Polytone amps sounds great, with a bit more low end than through a Hartke.

[dragonzmad]

I'm sorry, is kubicki a bass brand? I'm not too familiar with it.

I like the ampeg 1x15 coupled with the schecter I played through at guitar center. I played the schecter studio or whichever schecter that has a wooden finish and gold hardware with emgs.

Also the ibanez roadgear jazz\MM pickups played through the 1x15 ampeg combo sounds pretty good too.

i actually saw a jazz guy playing a conklin bill dickens through I belive an SWR setup. He brought a whole rack so I'm not sure what his preamp was but I did see a QSC power amp and a 31 band eq.

[bottlerocket]

^ Yeah they make very strange basses. I'm yet to play one, but I'm dying to.

Warwick + Gallien Krueger
Fender Jazz + Gallien Krueger
Schecter + Gallien Krueger
Spetor + Gallien Krueger

Anything + Gallien Krueger. :p

:thumb:

-Gav

[the101er]

Cort + Hartke :lol:

Actually it does sound good. Tight and punchy but with enough bass too.

[neatobassman]

I know some stereo-typical ones...

Fender-Ampeg
Musicman-Ampeg
Warwick-SWR

[dragonzmad]

^ Yeah they make very strange basses. I'm yet to play one, but I'm dying to.

Warwick + Gallien Krueger
Fender Jazz + Gallien Krueger
Schecter + Gallien Krueger
Spetor + Gallien Krueger

Anything + Gallien Krueger. :p

:thumb:

-Gav

the gallien krueger backline stuff I tried was absolute ****. I plugged into several gallien krueger rigs at guitar center and was very disappointed.

These seem to be the combinations that people prefer. Of course this is all opinion. I prefer a tubey warm with low end, clarity, and some clear punch when slapping. (i can't describe my tone desires any better. forgive me word usage).
Bass - Amp
Cort bass - hartke amp
warwick - ampeg
Fender - Ampeg
fender - gallien krueger
warwick - gallien krueger
Musicman - Ampeg
Warwick - SWR
Ken Smith - SWR
Tobias - Eden
kubicki - hartke
ibanez roadgear - Ampeg
Rickenbacker - any tube head

[nisakss]

B.C Rich + Laney...heavy tone.